DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 04/19 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 41.6 - - 44.1 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 129 - - 62 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2321 - - 4706 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1956 - - 3158 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3210 - - 5595 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3154 - - 5119 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 277 - - 286 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 15 - - 21 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 292 - - 313 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 11 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -10 - - -12 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 835 - - 1365 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2376 - - 4230 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 332 - - -38 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2878 - - 5633 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 90 - - 87 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 120 - - 140 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 41.6 - - 44.1 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 34.8 - - 29.1 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 41.0 - - 44.0 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 33.5 - - 27.8 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 129 - - 62 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2321 - - 4706 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 61 - - 50 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - - EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 96966 15 244 26 236 96966 89631 30 266 34 262 89631 84057 36 259 34 260 84057 79430 33 249 35 248 79430 75420 27 244 34 244 75420 71845 27 267 26 247 71845 68582 39 263 31 251 68582 65570 36 241 30 254 65570 62766 24 237 27 252 62766 60027 28 270 29 269 60027 57148 40 270 41 271 57148 54159 42 260 46 272 54159 51304 40 266 44 271 51304 48723 45 274 48 277 48723 46404 48 269 53 278 46404 44298 47 272 53 278 44298 42368 55 281 55 284 42368 40596 61 279 58 284 40596 38960 62 280 59 281 38960 37434 64 280 58 282 37434 36005 63 281 58 288 36005 34634 61 285 64 294 34634 33262 64 294 74 296 33262 31861 76 297 85 296 31861 30436 87 296 94 294 30436 28970 94 297 99 295 28970 27448 100 299 103 297 27448 25860 105 299 105 298 25860 24200 102 299 103 299 24200 22467 93 299 100 300 22467 20660 82 298 98 302 20660 18778 71 297 87 304 18778 16826 57 292 69 304 16826 14847 55 277 55 302 14847 12951 48 279 39 303 12951 11240 43 289 26 302 11240 9724 35 293 24 302 9724 8372 29 296 25 303 8372 7167 25 298 25 306 7167 6095 22 297 25*307 6095 5144 21 295 24*309 5144 4306 20 294 23 311 4306 3564 18*293 22 312 3564 2899 17*293 21 314 2899 2311 16 292 21 314 2311 1820 16 292 20 314 1820 1443 15 292 19 315 1443 1183 14 292 18 315 1183 1026 13 292 16 315 1026 935 11 292 13 315 935 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography